Bassett Nebraska Map

About Bassett, Nebraska

Bassett is a locality in Rock County, Nebraska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 580. The population density is 541.2 people per km². Bassett is located at 42.5858°N, 99.5379°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 68714.

Bassett rests beneath a vast Nebraska sky, a place where the land rolls gently, a canvas of amber grasses and the occasional stubborn cottonwood. It lies 115.0 miles west-north-west of Norfolk, NE (from Norfolk, NE: bearing 290°T), and is situated 16.7 miles east of Ainsworth. The air here carries the clean scent of prairie dust and the distant, earthy perfume of cattle farms, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats strong. Sunlight, when it falls, has a particular clarity, bleaching the faded paint of farmhouses and glinting off the endless horizons. The very ground seems to absorb the light, holding it long after the sun has dipped below the wide, sweeping curves of the land. This is a landscape shaped by generations of farmers and ranchers, their lives interwoven with the cycles of planting and harvest, the tending of livestock. The economy of Bassett has long been tethered to the fertile soil and the hardy creatures that thrive upon it, a legacy evident in the grain elevators that punctuate the skyline and the quiet hum of machinery that drifts from distant fields. While the pace of life may seem unhurried to an outsider, there's a deep-seated resilience here, a quiet determination that has seen Bassett through changing times, a spirit as enduring as the prairie wind.

About This Bassett Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bassett, Nebraska — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 42.585834, -99.537894. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Bassett and Rock County.

Detailed location data for Bassett includes the ZIP code (68714), telephone area code (402), county seat of Rock County (Bassett), and school district assignment (Rock County Public Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Bassett is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.